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Recently I decided that I wanted to make a list of all offenses that will get someone either unfollowed or blocked online without any remorse. Let’s face it, there are a lot of morons online that don’t deserve the time of day and don’t even deserve to even have you read their posts – this extensive list is a guide for whom to remove so you, if you are a rationally minded person such as myself, to stay sane. This list may grow over time. Some of these may have an explanation, some of them may not.

We’re going to start with wrestling related people:

1) Being one of those “OMGZ the Attitude Era was so much better!!!” people.
-Sure, it was great, but it wasn’t without it’s issues, and blanket statementing that even though there’s plenty of good talent today that you refuse to see makes you ignorant and not worth the time. Yes, there are problems, but the talent is NOT one of them.

2) Saying that “C.M. Punk quit on his fans.”

3) Being a “Divas Confessions” person.
-If you’re on Twitter and delve too deep into the stan territory, you’ll find that there’s a lot of people who retweet an account known as Divas Confessions. This site is run by an anonymous Tumblr where people send in comments about the women in WWE and then the Twitter anonymously posts these comments. It’s generally an A.J. Lee hate site, but it’s really a hate site for anyone that’s not on Total Divas. Mostly you’ll find insane love for anyone on Total Divas outside of Paige, and hate for any woman that has actual talent and deserves their spots. Most of these people think their favorite deserves titles just for being their favorite, without realizing their favorite sucks and doesn’t have a title because of that.

4) Calling Kevin Owens fat.

5) Being an employee within WWE and refusing to acknowledge that a show was bad just because of that. (Case in point: New Age Outlaws are like this.)

6) Being someone against intergender wrestling.

7) Hating Lucha Underground.

8) Being a TNA mark that loves everything about it and thinks everything that isn’t TNA is terrible because of that.

9) Being one of those fans that bashes other fans for not buying all the PPVs and streaming them instead. (Not so relevant anymore, but still.)

10) Being a Bella Twins stan. (With few exceptions. Most are completely irrational. Rational ones are ok, but few exist.)

11) Being an A.J. Lee hater.

12) Being one of those “This person deserves the title because they are in the company” people.
-When your favorite isn’t the champion, it’s not your job to go around social media and ranting that they aren’t. You don’t post something like #Justice4SummerRae” on WWE’s stuff when Summer Rae has done absolutely nothing to earn herself a championship run. If you want your favorite to be champion, make sure to choose a favorite who isn’t a jobber. Naomi isn’t champion but it’s not because of anything other than she’s terrible. Eva Marie is awful.

13) Refusing to believe that Nikki Bella only broke A.J.’s Title reign because WWE is a bunch of petty douchebags.

14) Droning on and on on podcasts about “how the business used to be.”
-Sorry, Jim Cornette, the wrestling business must evolve with the times. We don’t care that you sit at home crying because it’s different. Evolve with the business or stop being a petty asshole. Stop pretending that Lucha Underground isn’t the best show on tv, stop pretending intergender wrestling is bad. JR, I love you, but there shouldn’t be a requirement that every podcast of yours requires about the wrestlers needing to “slow down.”

15) Still calling the women “Divas.”

16) Being Natalya or JBL.

17) Thinking that any of the women on “Total Divas” sans Paige are better than A.J. Lee, Paige, the 4HW, Asuka, etc.
-And, if we’re all honest, then the talent is in this order:

3) Having “Retweets are not endorsements” in your bio, as if you matter, and YES, retweets are endorsements.

4) Having VERY American imagery in your profile photo or banner photo, such as American flags or bald eagles.
-This is generally a sign that you’re a douchebag.

5) Having the word “Deplorable” in your user name as if it’s a badge of honor or is a good thing.

6) Having any version of that dumb frog emoji thing on your profile, anywhere.

7) Responding to someone with four images with quotes on them. Auto block without reading.

8) Making fun of political correctness because respecting others is too logical.

9) Being any of the following:
-A Climate Change Denier
-Anti LGBT
-Racist
-Misogynist
-Anti-feminist
-Pro-Life Bullshitter
-A religion-pushing idiot
-An anti-vaxxer
-A Bernie or bust person
-One of those gun freaks that just know fucks their guns
-Someone who says “All Lives Matter” or “Blue Lives Matter” in response to “Black Lives Matter.” (Black Lives are part of All Lives so if you say All Lives then you can’t have a problem with people saying Black Lives. Morons.)
-One of those people who get offended by “Happy Holidays”

10) Responding to tweets with nothing but swears because you disagree. You can disagree, but you must send a civil response. You’ll lose the debate by default, but you won’t be blocked.

11) Calling the Democratic Party “The Left,” as if that’s supposed to make it sound like a bad thing and NOT the party of normal, sane people.

12) Calling someone a liberal without realizing that saying that as an “insult” is really a compliment, because in that case it only means “better person than me.”

13) Being DJT, being related to DJT, or being on his transition team

14) Pretending people in Hollywood don’t have a right to post their opinions online because they have a ton of followers and could influence people. Yes, that’s the point, idiots.

15) Pretending people they follow on Twitter must conform to their opinions for them to keep following them. Nope, doesn’t work like that.

16) Pretending that Obama hasn’t been the best President of my lifetime. That’s objective fact.

17) Rubber Stamp supporting DJT just because he’s not a D, even though it’s clear that even if he doesn’t get us all killed, he’s going to leave the country in shambles.

18) Pretending that DJT isn’t racist/homophobic/homophobe/etc.

19) Blaming everything on millennials.

20) Blaming the fact that you don’t have a job on the President that’s more than halved unemployment and not on the fact that you’re a pathetic, lazy, moron and just suck at life. You aren’t special.

It’s time for the 2017 WWE Wish List – where we go over the things I wanted in 2016 from WWE that I wrote a year ago, and then I tell WWE that…..THEY JUST MADE THE LIST! Well, sort of. Then I make a 2017 Wish List.

So let’s go over the 40 things I wanted this year and see how they did.

In 2016 I wanted the following:

1) Pay Per View sets must start being different from Raw and Smackdown sets. These are your special shows, make it seem like them. Also, the crowds in the arenas must not be lit up red or blue anymore. It’s really annoying.

They failed at this. They did change the stages, but they still remained the same throughout the shows.

2) WrestleMania must be referred to as WrestleMania 32 and not just WrestleMania. Or I will refer to it as WrestleMania Star.

Success.

3) Kevin Owens, Neville, and Dolph Ziggler must have their characters repaired and their credibility restored. Dean Ambrose must also be allowed to be his full self because he’s clearly holding back.

Neville was fixed as of a night ago. KO is the Universal Champ but he needs his NXT character back. Dolph is beyond saving.

4) Sasha Banks must be pushed as the top star of the women’s division. She must not be used to drag around her burden of a team and must not become some kind of stereotype.

Well, she’s not dragging her burden around, but all they’ve done is pretend to push her while really just making her Charlotte’s bitch. Sure she won the title 3 times but in a few years no one’s even going to remember the title wins because her reigns lasted 3 weeks at most just so Charlotte’s pathetic PPV streak could continue and making Sasha look like a joke – while Sasha’s one of the best wrestlers in the world and Charlotte has the mic skills of a screaming kumquat.

5) They must stop playing the Total Divas theme when showing the women walking to the ring. This is wrestling, not trashy tv.

I think they fixed this?

6) Paige must win the title again, and she must be booked properly. At no point should she ever get seven title matches or more over the course of twelve months and not actually win the title. That’s giving her nothing while appearing to give her something. At no point should she ever be on a losing streak, at no point should she ever lose to weaker opponents. She went from, as a face, not being able to beat the heel who had a heel in her corner because of cheating bullshit, to being a heel and not being able to win because she was a heel, to being a heel facing a heel with a heel in her corner and lost to cheating bullshit again.

No, I’m not getting into this shit of a situation. At least not yet.

7) Now that the real women’s wrestlers are on the main roster, useless to mediocre divas must be removed from the company. It’s time to take out the trash – keep the Bellas, Eva, Cameron, and unless she improves, Naomi, off the television. They can remain on Total Divas if that show must remain, but on the WWE product they must not exist.

Cameron was released. Brie retired. Eva needs to get the fuck out. Nikki has become somewhat bearable? I think?? Naomi needs to fuck off.

8) Roman Reigns must be booked like he was at the end of TLC and on Raw this past Monday.

11) Now that Alberto Del Rio is back in WWE, he must win the World Title in order to lose it to Dolph Ziggler, then get slap another racist and quit again.

Well, he quit again before it could happen.

12) Now that NXT is finally having a show in Chicago, next December’s Takeover must also be in Chicago.

Still waiting.

13) The opening of Raw must not be a 20 minute Authority promo every week.

Well it’s not an Authority promo but it is a 20 minute promo.

14) Money in the Bank must not go to people like Sheamus EVER again.

Success.

15) King of the Ring must never return unless it’s going to be used to make someone into something.

Success.

16) Bayley must debut.

Success.

17) If Eva Marie isn’t fired, she must never win the NXT Women’s Title.

4 in a row!!

18) If they can’t come up with a decent card for WrestleMania, they must allow NXT to run it.

Damn they broke the streak.

19) Sasha Banks must win the title from Charlotte, change it back to the women’s title, then break Nikki Bella’s record.

Uh, they changed it to the Women’s Title, but we’re still waiting on the rest of it.

20) Charlotte must stop being her father

Failed. BIG TIME.

21) Big Show and Kane must never exist on my tv again

Still waiting

22) PPV themes must be from good bands and not trash

Failed.

23) Slammys must not be given to hashtags

No slammy’s so, success.

24) The fact that a show is changing networks in a year must not be used as an excuse to not make that show good until the network change happens ever again

Success I guess.

25) Donald Trump must be removed from the Hall of Fame

Now more than ever this is necessary.

26) A.J. Lee must be put into the Hall of Fame. Trish and Lita are there, and A.J. is up there in name value and is better than Trish.

Failed.

27) The Usos must stop being the John Cena of the tag team division.

Success.

28) The Lucha Dragons must be pushed. Also Blake and Murphy and Enzo and Cass must be called up.

Halfway there.

29) ALL NXT TALENTS MUST BE BOOKED WELL. (Really, all talents must be booked well.)

Failed.

30), JBL must stop saying that the Bellas think they started the “Divas Revolution” whenever there’s a women’s match that doesn’t even involved the Bellas. Or ever.

Failed, probably.

31) LEO FUCKING KRUGER.

FAIL.

32) Machine Gun Kelly is added to the list of music acts WWE must refuse to associate with ever again.

Don’t remember if we saw him this year.

33) New commentary teams are needed. Corey Graves, Renee Young, Tom Philips, among others, need to be used. No more Cole, King, or JBL.

Failed.

34) If Daniel Bryan is cleared to wrestle, WWE must allow him to do so.

Neither success nor fail

35) The Royal Rumble must be used to give someone who deserves a title shot at WrestleMania a title shot.

Fail.

36) Bella stans must die a horrible death. Every single one of them.

Still waiting for them to die. Charlotte stans added to this.

37) If WWE can get A.J. Styles, Jay Lethal, and/or Austin Aries in NXT, that’s be great. Alex Shelly and Chris Sabin are also acceptable. And Bobby Roode.

4/7.

38) Better writing, better booking, better stories, less PPVs, less part timers, no older wrestlers beating younger wrestlers (well, no one from the attitude era beating someone from now), no using old stars for rating boosts

Smackdown has good writing and booking, Raw does not. Stories? Not so much. MORE PPVS NOW so EPIC FAIL. MORE part timers. So, mostly fail

39) Dana Brooke and Nia Jax must improve before given the belt.

Well they haven’t improved but they haven’t gotten a belt either.

40) Triple H must take over the booking and creative direction of the show

Still waiting.

Alright, so in 2017, we need:

1) Raw must use the same writing team as Smackdown. That or EVERYONE I like on Raw MUST be traded to Smackdown so I do not have to watch Raw anymore.

2) WWE must dedicate one episode of Raw for Charlotte to lose and win the Women’s Title 12 more times so we can get her inevitable 16 title reigns out of the way, and warn us in advance so we can all skip that episode. That way we can get the inevitable out of the way and perhaps move on to women’s champions that are actually good and stories that are good.

3) The Paige situation must be resolved. Either release her like she clearly wants or give her the push she actually deserves when she returns.

4) At some point we need a Shield vs. Wyatts vs. New Day vs. Club match

5) WWE MUST stop scheduling Total Bellas or Total Divas on the same night and at the same night as Lucha Underground and pretend that any of their fans ACTUALLY watch their reality show trash when the best wrestling show on tv airs at the same time.

6) Sasha Banks, Bayley, Emma, and Becky Lynch must ALL be in important matches at WrestleMania. Charlotte vs. Bayley and some meaningless tag match is NOT acceptable.

7) Charlotte must lose for a straight year on PPV, or at least pushed according to her talent and not her last name. No one with the mic skills of a geoduck should be the centerpiece of the division when she’s surrounded by so many who are better than her.

8) Sasha Banks MUST turn heel and show everyone exactly why people have called her the best wrestler in the world. She MUST win the title and KEEP the title and have feuds with Emma and Bayley before dropping it to either one of them.

9) Normally when there are people I hate on the roster, I want them fired. But, in this one special case, Mojo Rawley needs to die a slow, painful death.

10) JBL and David Otunga must stop being commentators.

11) The cruiserweights need characters and stories. They must be allowed to compete on the level of the CWC. Because right now we’re close to JBL saying that the Bellas started the Cruiserweight Revolution.

12) There must be an NXT Takeover: Chicago.

13) WWE must announce that 2018’s Royal Rumble will be in Chicago. We’ve been waiting far too long.

14) Any fan that chants C.M. Punk, Harambe, Hey We Want Some Bayley, JBL, What, or Boring must be shot and killed. No exceptions.

15) WWE must NEVER have a best of 7 series that contains 9 total matches and result in a mathematically impossible tie, only for the competitors to become a tag team.

16) WWE needs to learn that we’re not going to cheer Enzo for being a misogynist.

17) Bray Wyatt for World Champion.

18) People must realize how damn good Luke Harper is and he must win his own title.

19) Dolph needs to not be an ignorant douche on Twitter.

20) We must not get any more Brock vs. Goldberg matches

21) Roman must defend the U.S. Championship and act like it means something to him.

22) WWE must stop acting like the U.S. Title is more important than the Universal Championship.

23) James Ellsworth must die.

24) Cesaro needs to rid himself of Sheamus ASAP. We cannot allow for Sheamus to be to Cesaro what Swagger was to Dolph.

32) Raw either needs to stop sucking or stop using a Shinedown song as the theme so a song by my favorite band isn’t associated with garbage

33) WrestleMania must actually be good

34) The Revival must be brought up and have more matches with SAWFT, American Alpha, New Day, the Club, and DIY.

35) Natalya has got to go.

36) Naomi needs to stop having seizure-inducing entrances.

37) Now that women have main evented PPVs, it needs to happen more often.

38) WWE must never use a song by one of my favorite bands in a buildup video for a match my favorite wrestler is in if she is going to lose.

39) WWE needs to stop having the same PPV in the same arena for multiple years in a row.

40) Whatever the fuck an Emmalina is, she needs to show the fuck up already.

41) WWE must stop not caring about their programming during football season. Football is for marks.

42) LESS PPVS. No more HIAC and TLC PPVs.

43) All “fans” that think that their favorite wrestler gets to be the champion solely because they’re their favorite wrestler must stop watching wrestling. Just because Sasha and Charlotte have been feuding for months doesn’t mean your favorite is being held back from championships or something. When I see a comment on a Sasha vs. Charlotte video that goes “#JusticeForSummerRae” that only goes to show how much of an idiot you are. Firstly, she’s injured. Secondly, WHAT THE FUCK HAS SUMMER DONE TO EARN A TITLE? Storylines don’t end in three weeks. Summer isn’t credible. The title isn’t something you pass around to everyone just because they’re there. YOU HAVE TO EARN IT. Stop deciding to have your favorite be a jobber and then pretend they’re being held back when they aren’t on tv – you just have terrible taste in favorites. I’m sure Miz will send you a nice participation award, though.

44) Mick Foley needs to be replaced. He’s ruining his legacy.

45) WWE needs to show us they are progressive and NOT tell us. Have women main event PPVs. Have women wrestle men. Have women win non-women’s titles. Do NOT have women lose matches to moves that wouldn’t end any men’s match we’ve ever seen. Have women have feuds based on hatred just as men would. That said, that hatred shouldn’t be catty, diva-ish bullshit. No slut-shaming. No feuds that are centered around their boyfriends. Stop it with the “All women hate each other” bullshit. Men must not be the deciding factor of a women’s match.

46) WWE must stop having people lose in their hometown.

47) WWE must stop having people break someone else’s record because of petty bullshit. First Nikki Bella did it to A.J.’s, and now New Day potentially did the same with Demolition’s.

48) Now that Linda McMahon is part of Trump’s cabinet or in a position or whatever (No one really cares), WWE must at least realize that she is not running for senate and no longer needs to be PG and childish because of it.

So this show was a thing that happened. I think. I’m not entirely sure. I’m actually pretty positive we entered some kind of alternate reality where WWE actually hates me and wants me to suffer a few weeks ago.

Cesaro and Sheamus defeated The New Day to win the WWE World Tag Team Championship in a solid match. Not a bad match and I enjoyed the finish. I started to get annoyed at New Day trying to cheat to win as if we’re supposed to cheer for them because of it. Nothing memorable, though, outside of Cesaro’s Neutralizer.

Rating: ***

Sami Zayn survived ten minutes with Braun Strowman. Yay?

Rating: **

Seth Rollins defeated Chris Jericho in a solid match that I have not much to say about.

And, you know what, WWE, I really just want to tell you to fuck off and move on for this next one, but that’d be letting you off easy.

Sasha Banks as everyone knew would happen before this show happened lost the Ironwoman match to lose her Women’s Title to Charlotte. Now, remember, she never actually won it back a 3rd time so when Charlotte says she’s a 4 time champion, she is incorrect. Sasha never won it back. This match never actually happened. This match only happened in the alternate reality where WWE actually, legit hates me. And since WWE doesn’t know I exist, they can’t legit hate me, so in reality Charlotte did not lose it the 3rd time. Keep in mind that Ric Flair did NOT cost Sasha the match so in the reality Sasha did win the title, Sasha’s title win was completely pointless. The title win was clearly supposed to be an excuse to put Ric back with Charlotte but it didn’t happen so I ask you, what was the fucking point? Pop a rating on Raw? Fuck off. AND YOU PUT A HALESTORM SONG IN THE BUILDUP VIDEO. HOW FUCKING DARE YOU. How am I supposed to take Sasha seriously? Answer me. She wins titles on Raw and loses them 3 weeks later. HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO TAKE HER SERIOUSLY? SHE’S THE FACE. I’M SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO BELIEVE IN HER. CHARLOTTE IS GETTING TO NIKKI BELLA TITLE REIGN LEVEL OF FAIL. THERE’S NOTHING FOR HER LEFT TO DO WITH THE BELT. WHAT’S SASHA GOING TO DO AT MANIA? REMEMBER SASHA VS. BAYLEY? ONE OF THE BEST MATCHES OF ALL TIME. EMMA IS A HEEL. WHO IS SHE GOING TO FIGHT? DOING NOTHING. BAYLEY WILL WIN THE BELT AND LOSE IT THREE WEEKS LATER. CHARLOTTE WILL HAVE 16 TITLE REIGNS.

Seriously Sasha Banks is one of the best wrestlers in the world and Charlotte is incapable of being entertaining. She’s can’t be a face and an awful heel, she can’t cut a promo, and no one likes her. Even the people who like her don’t even like her. I’m so sorry, Sasha, you’re one of the best wrestlers in the world but you’re not a Flair so you can’t be the centerpiece. Sorry, Bayley, you’re an amazing face, but you’re not a Flair so you’ll never be anything. Sorry, Emma, you’re so underrated and one of the best as well but you’re not going to be anything because you’re not a Flair. Just take one episode of Raw and have Charlotte lose the title and win it back 12 more times so we can get her 16 Women’s Title Reigns out of the way so we can move on to actually entertaining people? But it’ll drag out over the next few years but who cares, we’re all going to be killed by nuclear missiles before that happens.

The match wasn’t even that good, either. I was bored for some of it, and I was behind, so I just fast forwarded, and I was more annoyed because I really just needed to know the winner so I could decide whether I could enjoy the match or not.

Rating: **

Also, here’s a new thing – I was so mad about this bullshit that I TURNED OFF THE PPV AND DIDN’T WATCH THE MAIN EVENT OF THE SHOW. I KNOW OWENS RETAINED BECAUSE IT WAS OBVIOUS BUT FUCK IT, IT WASN’T WORTH IT. FUCK YOU, WWE.

WWE World Tag Team Championship
(c) The New Day (c) vs. Cesaro and Sheamus
My Winners: The New Day
Probable Winners: Cesaro and Sheamus
Winners, and new WWE World Tag Team Champions, Cesaro and Sheamus

Big Cass vs. Rusev
This is a match that’s happening. Not that I’m paying attention to this feud, because once I see naked Enzo walking around I’m done. And then all of the misogyny that followed can go fuck itself. WHAT ABOUT THIS AM I SUPPOSED TO CARE ABOUT? WHY AM I SUPPOSED TO CHEER ENZO WHEN HE’S HITTING ON A MARRIED WOMAN?

Prediction: Rusev

Sami Zayn vs. Braun Strowman
WHY IS MICK FOLEY HELL BENT ON NOT ALLOWING A TRAINED PRO WRESTLER NOT FIGHT ANOTHER TRAINED PRO WRESTLER? WHY IS WWE TOUTING THE WOMEN’S REVOLUTION THEN TRYING TO MAKE SAMI ZAYN FEEL PATHETIC WHEN BEING CALLED AN EQUAL TO EVA MARIE? (I mean, I know it’s Eva Marie, but act like you’ve been there. You just showed the audience that a man should feel pathetic when being called an equal to a woman, so fuck off.) AND I WANT ZAYN ON SMACKDOWN ANYWAY! FUCK!

WWE World Tag Team Championship
(c) The New Day (c) vs. Cesaro and Sheamus
New Day broke the record so they’re losing the belts to this sad excuse of a team that shouldn’t exist. Cesaro to Smackdown please.

This was a far better show than Survivor Series, although I still have a fair amount of complaints about this show as well. Nothing maddening, but small things that annoyed me throughout the show. A few of the things happened throughout the night, so I’ll just mention them now. One, the amount of replays I saw of people in the crowd’s reactions to things that happened was too high. The amount of replays I need to see of fans reacting to things is ZERO. I do not pay to see the idiots in the crowd, I pay to see people wrestle. DO NOT show me crowd reactions unless it’s appropriate – and replays of them are NEVER appropriate. Another, the camera work is getting terrible. A number of things I would’ve liked to have seen but the camera decided to be at a terrible angle and didn’t let me. Also, JBL and Otunga continue to be horrible commentators. Feel bad for Ranallo having to carry their asses every week.

The first match was Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton defeating Heath Slater and Rhyno to win the WWE Blue World Tag Team Championship. Not too much to say about this match, really – it was solid, but nothing spectacular happened in it. I suppose however if the Wyatts had not won there’d be nothing super memorable about it, so that was a big help. I enjoyed the postmatch too with them celebrating – so nice to finally see Bray with a title. It’s taken far too long.

Rating: **1/2

Nikki Bella defeated Carmella in a somewhere between poor and decent No DQ match. Firstly, why the fuck was the ref trying to count them out? IT’S NO DQ! NO DQ MEANS NO COUNTOUT BY DEFAULT. I don’t know why commentary was trying to tell us that there was still countouts BECAUSE THERE ARE NONE. OTHERWISE THIS IS SOME HYPOCRITICAL BS. If Sasha and Charlotte can have a FCA match then Nikki and Carmella’s match that’s No DQ doesn’t need countouts. (It doesn’t have to be FCA but there’s no reason there needs to be countouts.) And I love Sasha and don’t like Nikki so you know that’s me being objective! That being said, Nikki, please learn to sell. When you have been given a leg injury, you cannot climb on top of barricades and jump off of them. Also, what a waste of a fire extinguisher. Firstly I feel like a fire extinguisher is a heel maneuver. Also using the entire thing on someone and most of it just going everywhere doesn’t actually injure your opponent, so there’s no reason Carmella should’ve been ripe for a Rack Attack right after it. However the spray from the extinguisher would’ve set up for a Bullshit Forearm Attack Thing out of Nowhere to set it up, so she should’ve done that to do it. Also, case in point about commentary sucking – Nikki using a Kendo Stick to hit Carmella with to get out of Carmella’s submission is NOT “inventive” nor “creative,” especially when we just saw Sasha use one to get out of Charlotte’s Figure Four literally six days ago. Also why WWE thinks we need a Nikki vs. Natalya feud now I will never know.

Rating: *1/2

The Miz defeated Dolph Ziggler in a good ladder match to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship. The only thing I really have to say about this match is that after Miz basically destroyed Dolph’s leg with the ladder, I really did NOT need the hope spot for Dolph after it. And I think there were two. I would’ve been fine with Miz just winning after he did all of that to Dolph. After the SCF on the ladder it should’ve been over. But other than that, good match.

Rating: ***1/2

Baron Corbin defeated Kalisto in a good(?) Chairs match. I don’t know – I wouldn’t say it wasn’t good but I will say this match was too long. I enjoyed what I watched but really Corbin should’ve won far earlier.

Rating: **1/2

Alexa Bliss defeated Becky Lynch in a good Tables Match to win the WWE Blue Women’s Championship. I’ve never really been into one on one tables matches, but I did enjoy this a lot. It got better as it went on – a lot of good defense played, actually. Once they got the table into the ring, things picked up from there. And I was surprised that Alexa won. I’m sad for Becky but I can’t be mad that Alexa won – she’s the only one on Smackdown worthy of beating Becky. And I think Becky will get it back.

Rating: ***

And finally, A.J. Styles defeated Dean Ambrose to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a great TLC Match. This whole match was great. Styles getting slammed down on like four chairs. Ambrose hit a diving elbow drop off a ladder that was on top of the announce table onto AJ through a different announce table. Styles hit Springboard 450 to the outside onto Ambrose through a table – that was the best part of the night. Styles got hit with Dirty Deeds on the steps. And then the only blemish of the match is the obvious and uncalled for James Ellsworth heel turn, shoving Ambrose off the ladder and through tables so Styles could win. UGH.

Rating: ****

So, yea – a good show but there were a number of issues that should’ve been fixed. Definitely worth a watch though.